Map Information

Learn about, locate, view, download, or order topographic, geologic, and other special purpose maps and charts in a variety of printed and digital formats.

• The National Map
  
  The National Map is a consistent framework for geographic knowledge needed by the Nation. It provides public access to high-quality, geospatial data and information from multiple partners to help support decisionmaking by resource managers and the public.
  
  
  
• Printed Maps Descriptions
  
  Discover a small sample of the millions of maps produced by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in its mission to map the Nation and survey its resources. This site provides a brief overview of the types of maps sold and distributed by the USGS. The USGS provides a wide variety of maps, from topographic maps showing the geographic relief and thematic maps displaying the geology and water resources of the United States, to special studies of the moon and planets.
  
  
  
• USGS Business Partners for Maps
  
  This web site is designed to help customers find and contact USGS Business Partners that retail USGS maps. Although USGS hosts this site as a service to the Business Partner network, specific information on each retailer is maintained by that retailer.
  
  
  
• How to Order Products from the USGS
  
  This page provides ordering information for the wide range of products available for sale from the USGS.
  
  
  
• Map Order Form (PDF)
  
  Use this form to order USGS maps, books, and other published products by mail or fax.
  
  
  
• Map Prices
  
  Current price information for maps available from USGS can be found here.
  
  
  

• View USGS Maps and Aerial Photo Images Online
  
  The links on this page will take you to selected USGS Business Partner Program and Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) partner sites where you may view USGS maps and aerial photo images from your Web browser.
  
  
  
• Finding and Ordering USGS Topographic Maps
  
  This page focuses on traditional paper maps, but information about digital map data can also be found at some of these sources.
  
  
  
• Search for Map Coverage Using Feature Names
  
  Query results from the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) will include the name of the 7.5 minute USGS topographic map upon which the searched feature falls. Links provide access to online viewing of the map.
  
  
  
• USGS Store
  
  Search for and order USGS Topographic Maps online.
  
  
  
• Topographic Map Symbols
  
  Describes and illustrates various symbols used on USGS topographic maps. The map includes symbols that represent such features as streets, buildings, streams, and woods.
  
  
  
• Topographic Mapping: Online Edition (Booklet)
  
  Introduces the elements of topographic mapping, including principal map series, scale, control surveys, national standards, procedures, symbols, revision, and information sources.
  
  
  
• National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) Topo Maps
  
  The Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), is the distributor of public sale National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (formerly National Imagery and Mapping Agency) topographic maps, publications, and digital products. This catalog contains product descriptions, and availability for NIMA produced topographic maps and publications.
  
  
  

A DRG is a scanned image of a U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) standard series topographic map, including all map collar information.

• DRG Fact Sheet
  
  Get the facts on the USGS DRG program from this informative page.
  
  
  
• View USGS Maps (DRG's) and Aerial Photo Images Online
  
  The links on this page will take you to selected USGS Business Partner Program and Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) partner sites where you may view USGS maps and aerial photo images from your Web browser.
  
  
  
• How to Obtain DRG's
  
  Most DRG's are available from USGS or through our business partners. The USGS does not make or sell DRG's for some areas because of cooperative agreements with other agencies.
  
  
  
• Select and Order DRG's
  
  Query and order satellite images, aerial photographs, and cartographic products through the U.S. Geological Survey's EarthExplorer service.
  
  
  
• DRG Order Form (PDF)
  
  Use this form to order USGS DRG's by mail or fax.
  
  
  
• DRG Standards
  
  Standards set the criteria and specifications to ensure that all products prepared by the USGS Geography Discipline under the National Mapping Program (NMP) reflect current mapping and data policies and are accurate and consistent in style and content.
  
  
  

• National Atlas Home Page
  
  The new National Atlas includes products and services designed to stimulate children and adults to visualize and understand complex relationships between environments, places, and people. It contributes to our knowledge of the environmental, resource, demographic, economic, social, political, and historical dimensions of American life.
  
  
  
• Atlas Map Browser
  
  This program allows you to make your own maps. Select, change, and display map layers. Roam across America and zoom in to reveal more detail. Point at map features to learn more about them. Locate and map more than 2,000,000 geographic names in the United States.
  
  
  
• Atlas Maps
  
  The National Atlas of the United States includes five distinct products and services. In addition to providing high-quality, small-scale maps, the Atlas includes authoritative national geospatial and geostatistical data sets.
  
  
  
• Map Layers Warehouse
  
  Download National Atlas map layers at no cost via file transfer protocol. Map layers are available in formats used by professional map makers.
  
  
  
• Select and Order National Atlas Data
  
  Query and order satellite images, aerial photographs, and cartographic products through the U.S. Geological Survey's EarthExplorer service.
  
  
  

• Earthquake Maps
  
  A wide variety of maps are available from the USGS in both paper and digital form. Use the online price list to order earthquake maps from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
  
  
• West Nile Virus Maps
  
  Using West Nile Virus data provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) the USGS creates online map products.
  
  
  
• Geologic Maps that can be Viewed and/or Downloaded
  
  These pages contain a compilation of USGS geologic and thematic maps and map data that can be downloaded (files in ARC/INFO export format, for example) or viewed on the World-Wide Web.
  
  
  
• National Geologic Map Database
  
  Your Geoscience resource for maps and related data about: geology, hazards, earth resources, geophysics, geochemistry, geochronology, paleontology, and marine geology.
  
  
  
• Ground Water Atlas of the United States
  
  This publication describes the location, the extent, and the geologic and hydrologic characteristics of the important aquifers of the Nation.
  
  
  
• USGS Thematic Map Search
  
  Enter a word, phrase, or number in the box, and then click on SEARCH to view a list of all titles that contain your entry.
  
  
  
• Maps on Demand
  
  Using the print-on-demand technology, the USGS is implementing map-on-demand (MOD) printing for selected map products.
  
  
  
• Mineral Resources Online Spatial Data
  
  The Mineral Resources Program (MRP) of the USGS maintains an this web site to provide public access to various forms of digital data. Digital data sets include geology, geochemistry, geophysics, mineral resources, base maps, and other data. Coverage varies from regional to global.
  
  
  
• USGS-NPS Vegetation Mapping Program
  
  Vegetation maps are being produced for most of the park units under National Park Service management. Deliverable products will include a digital file of vegetation maps, digital metadata files, textual descriptions and keys to the vegetation classes, hard-copy maps, and map accuracy verification reports.
  
  
  

• Browse the Solar System
  
  An interactive version of our popular Mapping the Solar System poster.
  
  
  
• Selected Image Gallery: Space
  
  A special collection of images that record events of historic significance, beautiful sights or images that stir the imagination.
  
  
  
• Astrogeology Gallery
  
  A selection of the most popular and beautiful imagery created by the Astrogeology Research Program.
  
  
  
• Planetary Maps and Images
  
  Beginning with the systematic mapping of the lunar surface more than three decades ago, over 1600 maps of the planets and satellites of the Solar System have been produced by the U.S. Geological Survey and by divisions of the Defense Mapping Agency.
  
  
  
• Planetary Images
  
  Images of the planets and their satellites processed by the USGS at the Flagstaff Field Center.
  
  
  
• Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) Image Collection
  
  This site allows access to the raw image data plus full and reduced resolution JPEG versions of the MOC images and "context" JPEG images created from Viking data.